Officially Licensed USMC HMLA-269 Gunrunners Squadron Patch Backing:Hook & Loop Today's Vikings wear this throwback

Today's Vikings wear this throwback patch to honor the World War II-era lineage that started it all — a direct connection to the Corsair pilots who established the Viking name in the skies over the Pacific

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Officially Licensed USMC HMLA-269 Gunrunners Squadron Patch Backing:Hook & Loop Today's Vikings wear this throwbackOfficially Licensed USMC HMLA 269 Gunrunners Squadron Patch The Phoenix Squadron Deactivated in 2022. Reactivated in 2024. You can't keep the Gunrunners down. HMLA 269 "The Gunrunners" is a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron flying the AH 1Z Viper and UH 1Y Venom out of MCAS New River, North Carolina, under MAG 29 and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. Originally commissioned as HMA 269 in 1971 the Marine Corps' first dedicated attack helicopter